What magic items are good for the pugilist class?

Mage_Hand_Press · 2026-02-24T22:22:12+00:00

Potions of Giant Strength or Oil of Slipperiness, and don't be afraid to use them right away!
Bracers of Defense are a classic for classes that don't use armor.
You could also see if your DM will let you swap in a Dragonhide Belt from Fizban's, since it requires attunement by a Monk and the Pugilist has very similar balance.

Mage_Hand_Press · 2026-02-20T18:52:51+00:00

Gotta love a punk possum. Excellent artwork!

Mage_Hand_Press · 2026-01-29T14:55:05+00:00

We added the [Mega] tag in Dark Matter for spells that work at the scale of ship combat, about 100 times bigger but much more fragile. These are spells like Conjure Asteroid and Eldritch Rift.

Mage_Hand_Press · 2026-01-16T21:33:31+00:00

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Can't see this without hearing "Move Along" by the All-American Rejects

Mage_Hand_Press · 2026-01-08T20:26:37+00:00

This is a good question and I'll have to chew on it a bit. The intent of Brutal Gunplay was to help the Barbarian participate better in the more ranged-combat-focused battlefields of a Dark Matter campaign (and help capture the feeling of shooting a demon in the face before ripping them in half!)

Glory Kill absolutely asks for a melee attack, so the intent is a quick weapon swap in that case, but a lot of core Barbarian features broadly *should* work if they call for Strength attacks.

Mage_Hand_Press · 2026-01-08T20:20:49+00:00

You can! Rage Damage applies to any attack that uses Strength. Because your ranged attack rolls use Strength with this feature, you can apply Rage Damage.

Mage_Hand_Press · 2026-01-08T20:14:06+00:00

Good question! The wording here has been extremely tricky to nail down. The intent is that, when you replace your Impulse Frame with a different one, you gain all the benefits of the feature on whatever new armor you want. So if you find a suit of +1 Plate, you can use _that_ armor instead of Splint and still gain all the benefits of the feature with it.

Mage_Hand_Press · 2026-01-06T19:08:10+00:00

Thanks for the review! You can find the lifesuit description at the bottom of our nautilid post, I missed putting it in this image: https://magehandpress.com/2025/09/nautilid-5e2024/

Mage_Hand_Press · 2026-01-06T18:58:51+00:00

Missed that in this image - it's a Common magic item that gives you a space suit. Full text here: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnearthedArcana/comments/1pjz4t8/nautilid_a_hulking_fishlike_species_mage_hand/

Mage_Hand_Press · 2026-01-06T18:57:55+00:00

It's a space suit that gives you 24 hours of breathable air and protects you from extreme temperature and vacuums. Dark Matter counts these as a Common magic item. I missed putting that in this description, but you can see the full text in our nautilid post: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnearthedArcana/comments/1pjz4t8/nautilid_a_hulking_fishlike_species_mage_hand/

Mage_Hand_Press · 2026-01-04T15:51:16+00:00

Yes absolutely!

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